A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.

Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.

A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.

To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger, the other opportunity.

I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.

If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.

Know thyself.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.